*head desk* Uh, thought I had a good idea going for Toothless's wings but, once again I'm completely unsure and am considering another wing idea/design......I'M NEVER GONNA GET THIS DONE IF I KEEP CHANGING MY MIND ON THOSE DARN WINGS!! D:

Great....I think I lost one of my Sailor Mercury gloves...I hope I have enough fabric to make another. -__-

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I was staring at my new short red wig thinking about what else I can use it for when I thought of an idea! How about Bowser from Super Mario! I can totally have my niece and nephew cosplay as the Mario brothers! My niece's very first crossplay? xD

So. Since I'm pushing Toshiya back another year, I'm planning on picking up GMG Erza as my major project for the year. Which means that my lineup for Sakura-Con looks, more or less in order of most important to least important, like this:

Starting on making up the patterns for Connor's bead work, and...arguably, the most time consuming one isn't even supposed to be beads. Upon closer inspection, it's woven but there is no possible way I'll be able to actually weave that pattern nicely. Hopefully doing it as bead work will suffice.
And started drafting up how exactly I'm going to make the arsenal of props I'll be needing for A-Kon. So far I have to make Russia's faucet pipe, Connor's bow, quiver&arrows and his tomahawk.

__________________Currently working on:Absolutely no idea-Sabakon 2017

Did more work on my Seymour wig, so far... it looks like how I wanted it? It's not quite sticking out the way it should but that can be fixed when my hands are up to it. (I got an oil burn from cooking dinner two days ago, so still kinda hurts.)

Just don't buy the cheapo $200-or-less things from Walmart and the like. Shell out for a better model than they usually carry (for a first machine I suggest a vintage one, actually- they're usually very sturdy, easy to learn on and can be found cheap). Certainly avoid cheap Singers like the plague. Brother machines aren't bad, but they're really only good for learning on or light sewing.

I know. My mum says Pfaff is what she and her mum both had, so we might be checking out a few of those. (And I've been sewing on mum's for some years and I like it and am used to it.) Or maybe a Bernette. The plan is to buy a good basic machine that will last me a lifetime, hopefully.

I know. My mum says Pfaff is what she and her mum both had, so we might be checking out a few of those. (And I've been sewing on mum's for some years and I like it and am used to it.) Or maybe a Bernette. The plan is to buy a good basic machine that will last me a lifetime, hopefully.

I have a Pfaff! It's a Pfaff Ambition 1.0 that I bought last spring. Let me tell you, this machine is beautiful.

The sales lady I bought it from actually makes cosplay costumes for her daughter who goes to some of the same cons I do, and so she showed me all the relevant tricks that machine can do. She started off with test sewing through 6 or 8 layers of heavyweight denim and the machine didn't even bat an eye.

It's got a computerized panel where you input what stitch you want, how long you want the stitch, how wide the stitch should be, etc, and if you switch to a new stitch and tab over twice on the interface, there's a screen that tells you what that stitch is called, what it does, what it's most commonly used for, and/or what kind of fabric it's best used on!

The machine also has a speed control slidey-button, which means I can set the max speed to be super slow when I'm sewing super tiny and precise details. Or with slippery, fraying fabric. It also has a build in walking foot, which meant nothing to me until I used it.

It also weighs 18 pounds, which means it's not getting pushed around the table by me manhandling a whole costume under the needle. It also means I don't take it out of the sewing room because heavy. .-.

Well, that does sound like an awesome sewing machine. (lol especially the sewing through a lot of layers of fabric, because that definitely happens with cosplay.) Also wow, it tells you what the stitch is good for!
Hehe, don't worry, that was an useful ramble. ^_^

My machine is so much more knowledgeable and sophisticated than I am... It's really great for learning on (even for someone who's been making costumes for nearly 10 years), mostly because of all the information it gives you.

I've got a Singer Merrit from 1987, here. It's not what I'd call fancy (everything's manually controlled and it doesn't have the quilting or embroidery extras), but it's tough as hell, and does all the basic stitches (straight, zigzags, blind hem, etc.and a friend of my Mom's showed me a trick to make thread bars). And it weighs at least fifteen pounds. It's not sliding around on the table, unlike every newer machine I've used. And I'll be in fashion school next year, so I get to experience industrials and sergers...

There's a vibe here that says "We're in this together!Through thick and thin fabric! Through cold water washes and burning hot irons! Though we might super glue ourselves to our projects, cut holes/gashes/oh-god-mom's-gonna-kill-me into the dining room table, we will stand strong together. Unless there is a 75% off sale at the Fabric store. Then you're on your own. And get the hell out of my way."<3